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Secondary thoughts, Part 1
By Jason Markusoff Wed, May 12 2010
An annex of sorts to our latest story about Calgary secondary suite policy...
Grants conditionally approved for new secondary suites in incentive program's first year: 63
Target for annual suite creation for Calgary's 10-year plan to end homelessness : 200
Number of development applications for secondary suites (or suite-like basement "duplexes") since introduction of new land-use bylaw, June 1998 2008: 72
Develpment permits granted for suites or duplexes since then: 46
Number of techinically illegal suites requested or ordered to shut down by city inspectors last year: 336
% of Calgarians who strongly or somewhat support new secondary suites with regulation: 84*
% who support making existing suites legal: 85*
% who support suites in their own neighbourhoods: 76*
* = Mustel Group poll for City of Calgary. 501 respondents. Results considered accurate within 4.4 percentage points, 19 times out of 20
Source: City of Calgary
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So... The city's plan to end homelessness is to shut down 6 times as many suites as they approve new ones?
Makes sense to me.
46 DPs issued in two years, shutting down 300 some per year.
Make them legal, then people will get permits and build them properly! At least a much higher percentage of them.
When we were looking at homes to buy a few years ago, there was some real garbage the people were calling a basement suite.